At the end of a review meeting on 18th January 2021, the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force has reported significant progress in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise,a statement issued by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde,Director of Public affairs, Nigeria…
James Harden collected 34 points and 12 assists, Kevin Durant added 30 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 36.8 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks for a 125-123 victory Monday night in New York. Jan 18,…
Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) on Tuesday said it distributed facemasks and hand sanitisers to tricycle riders in Rigasa area of Kaduna. The Staff Welfare Officer of TOAN, Comrade Mahdi Lawal, made the disclosure in an interview with Newsmen.…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House, Abuja. Newsmen reports that the Beninese leader, who arrived at the forecourt of the presidential villa at 11.09 a.m., was…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it collected N4,952,243,711,728.37 as tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director of Communications and Liaison of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmad…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta At least three people were confirmed dead, several injured with five vehicles and two motorcycles burnt in a petrol tanker explosion around GTB bank, IBB Boulevards in Abeokuta early Tuesday morning. According to eyewitness, the incident occurred…
Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has ceded the collection of taxes, levies and permits of outdoor advertisement and signage within the council to the FCTA Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS). This was made known by Mr Abdullahi Candido,…
Jigawa State governor, Muhammad Badaru has challenged Nigerian youths to be critical thinkers as well as be problem solvers. Badaru, who gave the challenge on Monday in Dutse, said that there was the need for youths to be digitally innovative…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on a fresh three count charge…
By Kayode Tokede About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are soon to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which watchers believe will reduce the…
